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== TQT-INTERFACE == | == TQT-INTERFACE == | ||
| − | [[En/trinity_desktop_environment#Prerequisites]] | + | [[En/trinity_desktop_environment#Prerequisites | TDE - Prerequisites]] |
The name says it all: '''Tqt Interface is a library aiming to abstract class names, function names and namespaces of the underlying Qt toolkit'''. Initially designed as a mean to ease porting the Trinity Desktop Environment suite from Qt3 to Qt4, Tqt-interface evolved to consent the coexistence of code from both libraries. Code coexistence permits developers to use the latest library where needed to upgrade TDE while maintaining the remaining environment mostly unaltered. Tqt-interface is '''a mandatory prerequisite''' to successfully build the TDE desktop environment. | The name says it all: '''Tqt Interface is a library aiming to abstract class names, function names and namespaces of the underlying Qt toolkit'''. Initially designed as a mean to ease porting the Trinity Desktop Environment suite from Qt3 to Qt4, Tqt-interface evolved to consent the coexistence of code from both libraries. Code coexistence permits developers to use the latest library where needed to upgrade TDE while maintaining the remaining environment mostly unaltered. Tqt-interface is '''a mandatory prerequisite''' to successfully build the TDE desktop environment. | ||
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=== TQT-INTERFACE and Slackware === | === TQT-INTERFACE and Slackware === | ||
| − | Tqt-interface is a TDE specific software library with '''no equivalent in KDE'''. No build script to use as reference ever existed in Slackware Linux. Anyway the source code can be compiled and packaged following some basic rules found in the [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/HowToBuild official documentation] of the TDE project. Reading the documentation page you'll learn the designed build tool is [http://www.cmake.org cmake]. Documentation suggests the use of '''/usr''' as root directory for the package. The suggestion is constrained to cmake port completion. As the port seems concluded for Tqt-interface at least, | + | Tqt-interface is a TDE specific software library with '''no equivalent in KDE'''. No build script to use as reference ever existed in Slackware Linux. Anyway the source code can be compiled and packaged following some basic rules found in the [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/HowToBuild official documentation] of the TDE project. Reading the documentation page you'll learn the designed build tool is [http://www.cmake.org cmake]. Documentation suggests the use of '''/usr''' as root directory for the package. The suggestion is constrained to cmake port completion. As the port seems concluded for Tqt-interface at least, ''/opt/trinity'' was chosen as root directory uniforming all packages to one standard. The last rule found in the documentation consists of '''imposing the -DQT_VERSION=3 flag to the cmake command'''. |
A slackbuild script for the package can be extracted from the archive found at the following [http://www.giustetti.net/resource/slackbuild/tde/35132/tqtinterface.tar.gz link]. Some notes about the command issued by the script to ensure a smooth build follow. | A slackbuild script for the package can be extracted from the archive found at the following [http://www.giustetti.net/resource/slackbuild/tde/35132/tqtinterface.tar.gz link]. Some notes about the command issued by the script to ensure a smooth build follow. | ||
First of all you need to '''clean the cmake cache'''. Task accomplished by lines: | First of all you need to '''clean the cmake cache'''. Task accomplished by lines: | ||
| + | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
# Clean cmake cache | # Clean cmake cache | ||
find . -name CMakeCache.txt -exec rm {} \; | find . -name CMakeCache.txt -exec rm {} \; | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
Then you must '''create a directory''' where to compile the source code and store binary files. ''Cmake seems to have a preference for '''build''' as directory name. It won't work otherwise'': | Then you must '''create a directory''' where to compile the source code and store binary files. ''Cmake seems to have a preference for '''build''' as directory name. It won't work otherwise'': | ||
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# Create a directory where to build source (cmake wants the name to be build). | # Create a directory where to build source (cmake wants the name to be build). | ||
cd ${TMP}/tmp-${PRGNAM} | cd ${TMP}/tmp-${PRGNAM} | ||
mkdir build | mkdir build | ||
cd build | cd build | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
'''Qt library paths are needed''' for scripts to find binary files while building the source code: | '''Qt library paths are needed''' for scripts to find binary files while building the source code: | ||
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# Add temporary paths to handle new libraries during build | # Add temporary paths to handle new libraries during build | ||
export QTDIR=/opt/trinity | export QTDIR=/opt/trinity | ||
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export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}:/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} | export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}:/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} | ||
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig:/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH | export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig:/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
Finally you can run cmake with the aforementioned option: | Finally you can run cmake with the aforementioned option: | ||
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cmake ${TMP}/tmp-${PRGNAM}/${PRGNAM}-${VERSION} \ | cmake ${TMP}/tmp-${PRGNAM}/${PRGNAM}-${VERSION} \ | ||
-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="${SLKCFLAGS}" \ | -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="${SLKCFLAGS}" \ | ||
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-DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR="/etc/trinity" \ | -DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR="/etc/trinity" \ | ||
-DLIB_SUFFIX=${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \ | -DLIB_SUFFIX=${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \ | ||
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-DQT_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/trinity/include \ | -DQT_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/trinity/include \ | ||
2>&1 | tee ${OUTPUT}/${PRGNAM}_configure.log | 2>&1 | tee ${OUTPUT}/${PRGNAM}_configure.log | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
The environment is now configured and you can go on running '''make''' followed by some minor packaging commands. | The environment is now configured and you can go on running '''make''' followed by some minor packaging commands. | ||
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External Links | External Links | ||
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* [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/HowToBuild TDE build guide] | * [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/HowToBuild TDE build guide] | ||
* [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/UnderstandingTheTQTInterface Tqt Interface page] | * [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/UnderstandingTheTQTInterface Tqt Interface page] | ||
* [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/TQtForQt3 Tqt Interface for Qt3 development status] | * [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/TQtForQt3 Tqt Interface for Qt3 development status] | ||
* [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/TQtForQt4 Tqt Interface for Qt4 porting status] | * [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/TQtForQt4 Tqt Interface for Qt4 porting status] | ||
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Revision as of 14:33, 21 December 2016
Welcome to Simone Giustetti's wiki pages.
Languages: English - Italiano
TQT-INTERFACE
The name says it all: Tqt Interface is a library aiming to abstract class names, function names and namespaces of the underlying Qt toolkit. Initially designed as a mean to ease porting the Trinity Desktop Environment suite from Qt3 to Qt4, Tqt-interface evolved to consent the coexistence of code from both libraries. Code coexistence permits developers to use the latest library where needed to upgrade TDE while maintaining the remaining environment mostly unaltered. Tqt-interface is a mandatory prerequisite to successfully build the TDE desktop environment.
TQT-INTERFACE and Slackware
Tqt-interface is a TDE specific software library with no equivalent in KDE. No build script to use as reference ever existed in Slackware Linux. Anyway the source code can be compiled and packaged following some basic rules found in the official documentation of the TDE project. Reading the documentation page you'll learn the designed build tool is cmake. Documentation suggests the use of /usr as root directory for the package. The suggestion is constrained to cmake port completion. As the port seems concluded for Tqt-interface at least, /opt/trinity was chosen as root directory uniforming all packages to one standard. The last rule found in the documentation consists of imposing the -DQT_VERSION=3 flag to the cmake command.
A slackbuild script for the package can be extracted from the archive found at the following link. Some notes about the command issued by the script to ensure a smooth build follow.
First of all you need to clean the cmake cache. Task accomplished by lines:
# Clean cmake cache
find . -name CMakeCache.txt -exec rm {} \;
Then you must create a directory where to compile the source code and store binary files. Cmake seems to have a preference for build as directory name. It won't work otherwise:
# Create a directory where to build source (cmake wants the name to be build).
cd ${TMP}/tmp-${PRGNAM}
mkdir build
cd build
Qt library paths are needed for scripts to find binary files while building the source code:
# Add temporary paths to handle new libraries during build
export QTDIR=/opt/trinity
export PATH=/opt/trinity/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH
export LIBDIR=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}:/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig:/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
Finally you can run cmake with the aforementioned option:
cmake ${TMP}/tmp-${PRGNAM}/${PRGNAM}-${VERSION} \
-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="${SLKCFLAGS}" \
-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="${SLKCFLAGS}" \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX} \
-DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR="/etc/trinity" \
-DLIB_SUFFIX=${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
-DQT_VERSION=3 \
-DQT_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/trinity/include \
2>&1 | tee ${OUTPUT}/${PRGNAM}_configure.log
The environment is now configured and you can go on running make followed by some minor packaging commands.
The outcome package can be installed recurring to the installpkg command as usual in Slackware linux.
For any feedback, questions, errors and such, please e-mail me at studiosg [at] giustetti [dot] net
External Links
- TDE build guide
- Tqt Interface page
- Tqt Interface for Qt3 development status
- Tqt Interface for Qt4 porting status
Languages: English - Italiano
